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Magnetic Resonance Imaging Correlates of Immune Microenvironment in Glioblastoma

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FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY
卷 12, 期 -, 页码 -

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FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.823812

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glioblastoma; tumor microenvironment; macrophages; microglia; magnetic resonance imaging; MRI

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  1. TRANSCAN-2, ERA-NET, IMMUNOGLIO Universita degli Studi di Padova (DiSCOG Department) [BIRD205873/20, BIRD188051/18]
  2. Ministero della Salute [RF-2019-1236925]
  3. IOVIRCCS [BIOV19MANDR]
  4. MIUR Departments of Excellence Italian Ministry of Research [MART_ECCELLENZA18_01]
  5. Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo (CARIPARO) Ricerca Scientifica di Eccellenza 2018 [55403]
  6. Celeghin Foundation Padova [CUP C94I20000420007]

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This study combines MRI with flow cytometry analysis to measure the infiltration of different leukocyte populations in glioblastoma (GBM) tumor tissues. The MRI features are significantly correlated with different myeloid cell populations, providing a potential new tool for investigating the microenvironment of GBM.
Background: Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most commonly occurring primary malignant brain tumor, and it carries a dismal prognosis. Focusing on the tumor microenvironment may provide new insights into pathogenesis, but no clinical tools are available to do this. We hypothesized that the infiltration of different leukocyte populations in the tumoral and peritumoral brain tissues may be measured by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Methods: Pre-operative MRI was combined with immune phenotyping of intraoperative tumor tissue based on flow cytometry of myeloid cell populations that are associated with immune suppression, namely, microglia and bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDM). These cell populations were measured from the central and marginal areas of the lesion identified intraoperatively with 5-aminolevulinic acid-guided surgery. MRI features (volume, mean and standard deviation of signal intensity, and fractality) were derived from all MR sequences (T1w, Gd+ T1w, T2w, FLAIR) and ADC MR maps and from different tumor areas (contrast- and non-contrast-enhancing tumor, necrosis, and edema). The principal components of MRI features were correlated with different myeloid cell populations by Pearson's correlation. Results: We analyzed 126 samples from 62 GBM patients. The ratio between BMDM and microglia decreases significantly from the central core to the periphery. Several MRI-derived principal components were significantly correlated (p <0.05, r range: [-0.29, -0.41]) with the BMDM/microglia ratio collected in the central part of the tumor. Conclusions: We report a significant correlation between structural MRI clinical imaging and the ratio of recruited vs. resident macrophages with different immunomodulatory activities. MRI features may represent a novel tool for investigating the microenvironment of GBM.

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